Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015
Rautaki mō te Haumaru me te Hauora o te Wāhi Mahi mō Aotearoa ki te 2015
Snapshot of Progress 2008/09
Next Steps
This Snapshot of Progress features many of the positive and successful activities that have supported the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015 during its fourth year.
There is still work to be done. The $16 billion annual financial and social cost of New Zealand's work toll is huge. The Strategy is the framework for reducing the intolerable costs of inadequate workplace health and safety. Improved workplace health and safety is a critical component of a productive New Zealand.
The operational review affirmed the need for the Strategy, but there was also widespread agreement about the need for clearer direction to bridge the gap between the higher-level framework and implementation activities. The principal recommendation of the review report is a three-yearly national action agenda with agreed targets and programmes. The action agenda will be developed in consultation with stakeholders and is due for completion in mid 2010.
The government is committed to progressing the Strategy through these critical next phases on the way to reaching the desired outcomes by 2015.
Workplace Health and Safety Council July 2008-June 2009
| Hon Trevor Mallard |
Ex officio |
Minister of Labour (attended meetings November 2007-October 2008) |
| Hon Maryan Street |
Ex officio |
Minister for ACC (attended meetings November 2007-October 2008) |
| Hon Kate Wilkinson |
Ex officio |
Minister of Labour (attended meetings from November 2008) |
| Hon Pansy Wong |
Ex officio |
Associate Minister for ACC (attended meetings from November 2008) |
| Phil O'Reilly |
Ex officio |
Chief Executive, Business New Zealand |
| Helen Kelly |
Ex officio |
President, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions |
| Carol Beaumont |
Nominee, CTU |
Secretary, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (attended meetings until October 2008) |
| Andrew Casidy |
Nominee, CTU |
General Secretary, Finsec |
| Paul Jarvie |
Nominee, Business NZ |
Manager Occupational Health and Safety, Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) |
| Panu Raea |
Nominee, Business NZ |
Barrister and consultant |
Workplace Health and Safety Government Agency Group
- Accident Compensation Corporation
- Civil Aviation Authority
- Department of Labour
- ERMA New Zealand
- New Zealand Transport Agency
- Maritime New Zealand
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
- Ministry of Transport
- New Zealand Police
- Te Puni Kokiri
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